Sphaenorhynchus lacteus

{{Speciesbox
| image =Sphaenorhynchus lacteus.jpg
| status = LC
| status_ref =
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Sphaenorhynchus lacteus
| authority =(Daudin, 1800) 
| range_map =
|synonyms=*Hyla sceleton Laurenti, 1768
Hyla lactea Daudin, 1800
Hyla lactea Daudin In Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801
Rana aurantia Shaw, 1802
Hyla aurantiaca Daudin, 1802
Hyla lactea Daudin, 1802
Calamita aurantiacus Merrem, 1820
Calamita lacteus Merrem, 1820
Auletris aurantiaca Wagler, 1830
Sphaenorhynchus lacteus Tschudi, 1838
Dryomelictes lactea Fitzinger, 1843
Dryomelictes aurantiacus Cope, 1865
Dendropsophus (Dryomelictes) aurantiacus Cope, 1871
Scytopis aurantiacus Cope, 1874
Hyla (Sphoenohyla) aurantiaca Lutz and Lutz, 1938
Sphoenohyla aurantiaca Goin, 1957
Dryomelictes lactea Goin, 1961
Sphaenorhynchus aurantiacus Myers and Leviton, 1961
Sphaenorhynchus eurhostus Rivero, 1969
| synonyms_ref=
}}

The Orinoco lime tree frog, orange frog, or ghost frog''' (Sphaenorhynchus lacteus'') is a frog. It lives in Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.

The adult male frog is 25.5-41.5 mm long fron nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 38.4-45.7 mm long. The skin on the back is smooth; it does not have bumps or warts.  The skin on the back is green.  Its eyes are yellow.  The pupil of the eye makes a line side to side. There is a stripe of color from each eye down to the nose.  The belly is white.  Parts of the legs are blue.

The adult female frog lays her eggs in the water or on leaves in the water.

The largest tadpoles are 54.6 mm long, with the tail.  The tadpoles are purple in color with yellow eyes.  Parts of the sides of the tadpoles' bodies are silver or gold in color.

Sometimes human beings keep these frogs as pets.

References

Category:Frogs of South America